What? Santa’s got a tough job — stuffing oneself down a chimney is no easy feat. And have you ever smelled a reindeer? Worse than a Tauntaun. So when his shift is over, Santa could use a smoke. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 of his favourite brands.
It’s Christmas morning. You’re all excited as you pillage through layer upon layer of gilded paper and bows, and there it is! A 7-inch Acer Iconica Tab A100! Just what you’ve been not dying for! Uh. Thanks?
Nick Veasey is a mad scientist-photographer who X-rays everything that falls into his hands, including a Boeing 777. He did a new series for these holidays: gifts and Christmas trees photographed with his giant X-ray machine. [Nick Veasey via Herald Sun]
Most people only care about Christmas for a few weeks out of every year, but porn is on our minds every day. But what’s this? Each year “Christmas” briefly eclipses “porn” on Google? Will purity reign? Not this year, baby.
Like the ghost of Christmas future, YouTuber bd594 has given us a chilling glimpse of what the future of Christmas might be like. Door-to-door carollers replaced with a robotic snare drum and a flatbed scanner playing Little Drummer Boy.
Within the hour, a good chunk of you will be finishing work for the rest of the year, relaxing to enjoy a nice Christmas with the family. And given Christmas is a time of giving, it’s likely a few of you will be all set to receive some pretty awesome gadgets and gizmos this weekend as well. We want to know what you’re hoping to get.
There’s an old Firesign theatre sketch called “Temporarily Humboldt County.” Some Native Americans are sitting around enjoying nature when the Spanish conquistadors show up with a priest. The conquistadors claim the land for Spain and Father Corona adds, “Oh! By the way, Domini Domini Domini, you’re all Catholics now.”
By some estimates, Santa has to travel 3,000 times faster than the speed of sound to deliver billions of gifts in one night. So it’s not surprising that even he needs to log some time in a sleigh simulator.
It’s almost Christmas, so Melbourne’s Deakin University invited Santa in for some last-minute flight training on their Universal Motion Simulator (UMS). If this video doesn’t make you smile a tiny bit, then you might just be a Grinch.
